Lies and Secret

Chapter Fifteen

Choi Hyun Soo’s Point of view

“Good morning” I said to my parents as I walked into the kitchen

“Good morning” my mom replies with the brightest smile I’ve ever seen her wear, she seems so happy this past few days, I don’t know if it’s because things are going well back at work or maybe she has taken care of my uncle situation

I mean my fake uncle

“See down, I made breakfast” she adds as she sets the table.

My mom rarely cooks, she’s always busy with work or she come too late to even start to cook and here she was on a Sunday morning with a bright smile making breakfast

“Are you going out?” My dad finally got his attention of the news he was reading on his tablet and at me

 I am dressed in a navy blue jacket, black t shirt and a white vest, a black jeans and brown trench coat and manage to even style my hair today and even shaved. I plucked my eyebrow earlier and brush twice.

I am going to see Seung Gi. I don’t know why I am this nervous. I see him five times every week but why am I so nervous

“Yes” I replied with a smile “I am meeting a friend”

“Min So Ra?” Mom asked

“No, Lee Seung Gi”

“Oh that boy, you still hang out with him?” Dad asked and I didn’t like the tone of his question

“Of course I still hang out with him, he is my friend” I stated the obvious “What about you, why are you so dressed up?” I change the conversation.

“Your mom wants us to play golf” he looked at her

“We haven’t done anything fun in a while, we can’t let only the kids have fun” my mom said and I snicker.

This old people in love

“We haven’t done anything as a family” my dad adds “We should find a day to do something together”

“No thanks, hang out with your wife, I’ll hang out with my friends” I wave at them heading to the door

“Choi Hyun Soo we are your family”

“You are old” I joke and they laughed. I walked outside the house and before I could get to my car I notice the door behind me opens, mom came out of the door jogging towards me. She has her hands around her arm as it was really cold outside. More cold for her because she just wore a T shirt and a sweat pant

“Hyun Soo” she calls

“Mom it’s cold outside”

“I’m fine. I just came out to tell you don’t have to worry about it again” she said

“Worry about what?”I asked confused

“I am talking about Kim Woo Jin” she smiles “I took care of it”

“How?”

“I just did, you don’t have to worry about anything and just focus on your study, you’re smart you’re my son I’m sure you know what to do” she pats my shoulder

“Okay then, hurry back. You’re freezing”

“Okay” she giggles as she walks back into the house

*****

Lee Seung Gi’s Point of view

I heard a knock on my front door as I cleared the kitchen. “Who is it? “ I asked grabbing a towel and hanging it across my neck. I wore nothing but a sweat pant and I had a tooth brush hanging on my mouth

I pushed the door open and I’m shocked to see Choi Hyun Soo standing there with a cheeky smile. His eyes stroll down my bare chest and I see him blush “Wow you have a nice body” he comments giving me a thumbs up

I crossed my hands over my chest “Why are you here so early” I stuttered. I wasn’t expecting him this early

“Early? Seung Gi It’s almost noon”

“Eh? No way” I took my phone from my pocket to confirm the time; it truly is almost noon “I slept way past time” I said

“You’re not going to invite me in?” he asked “I’m freezing”

“Sorry, please come in” I make a way for him and he passes into my house. I hand him a slippers and watch him take off his shoes and wear the slippers before entering into the living room

“Wow your house is really nice” he said

I scoffed “Liar” I grabbed my shirt from the sofa and wore it

“I’m serious” he adds as he looks around the small living room, there was only on sofa in the living room, a table, a television, a heater and a standing fan, this was barely nothing compare to what Hyun Soo had in his. The space alone is three times bigger than my entire house

“Compare to yours this is nothing”

“The trick is not to compare, your home is very cozy, mine is just like a large warehouse with only three people living in it. I don’t have any sibling and it can get really lonely at times” he said as he sat on the sofa

“I also don’t have any siblings. I get lonely too” I said sitting besides

“I guess we are both lonely people then” he turns to me with a bright smile. My heart melts at his smile and I nervously started coughing

“Are you okay?” Hyun Soo pats my back

What was I thinking?

Being alone with this boy always causes my chest to tighten and I can’t even reason straight. I stood up from the sofa “I-I should go get dressed”

Before he could say a word I disappear into my room, my back laid on the door as I took in few breathes “Calm down Seung Gi, calm yourself down” I tell myself. I took a T-shirt , a hooded sweater and a jean trouser out and changed to it, went to the bathroom to clean my face, wash my mouth and spray my hair and struggled for some minutes on how I should wear my hair

There! I’m all set

After summoning courage from the deepest part of myself, I finally walked back to the living room, Hyun Soo was sitting on the sofa pressing his phone, he sense me walking towards him and looks up “Why are you dressed I thought you are going to cook for me”

“You want me to cook naked?” Oh my god what did I just say. I felt like slapping myself as Hyun Soo’s eyes widen “I am. I am going to cook sure” I stuttered “but I need ingredients” I said adjusting my hooded sweater “There’s nothing in the fridge”

Nice save Lee Seung Gi

Nice Save

“Oh” Hyun Soo stood up, clearing his voice “So what do you plan to make?”

“You choose”

“What are my options?”

“Japchae (Korean glass noodle stir fry), bibi mandu (Sweet and spicy Korean potsticker salad), Hameul Pajeon (Seafood pancakes) or Bulogi (Korean BBQ beef)” I listed

Hyun Soo’s mouth falls open “I thought my choices would be around Ramen (Noodles) or gimpab (seaweed rice). Where did you learn to cook?” he asked

“My mom”

When my mom was alive I would often stay with her when she cooked, she ran a small restaurant downtown where she got money to send me to school, I would often help prepare the ingredients down and sometimes make some of the dishes if she was too tired. My food taste good I can guarantee that but not as good as my mom and the fact that I would never ever get to taste her food again makes me so sad

I should have eaten a lot of her food when she was alive

Choi Hyun Soo slides his hands into mine, giving me a small squeeze of comfort, he knows that anytime I talk about my mom I would go all sad because she didn’t deserve to die like that. Why is it that the bad people always seem to have the longest lives and the good people short lives?

That’s so messed up and it makes me so angry, thinking about how unfair life can be

“Can I choose two foods?” Hyun Soo takes my attention away from my mom “They all sound so delicious”

I laughed “Sure”

He thought hard about it and eventually picked Korean glass noodle stir fry and Korean BBW beef

Choi Hyun Soo’s point of view

Lee Seung Gi would not let us take a car to the traditional market and insisted that we took a bus, it was more convenient to take a car but no, Lee Seung Gi just wouldn’t listen to me and we even had to do a rock, paper and scissors games to choose what means of transportation we were going to go with so here I am smiling ear to ear as I drove to the traditional market.

Seung Gi kept on going over the list he made making sure not to forget anything and it kind of feels like we are married. A wild thought when weren’t even dating, none of us has confessed to each other how we really felt about each other but here I was imaging that I was married to this man

I imagine us getting a house together in the middle of Gangnam or somewhere convenient, he work as a therapist or Doctor in psychology something he is passionate about and I would work in my parent’s company, we would adopt a cat and fight over who gets to feed it, maybe years into the future we could even have a baby and grow old together. The thought of spending my entire life with this man sends shiver down my spine but the actually possibility of that happening was so low at least for now. For now I am powerless and if I confess my feeling for him I am not hundred percent sure that I can protect this feeling, I would rather be in this position as just friends with him than being lovers only to last a couple of months.

“We are here” Seung Gi points at the parking space as I follow his direction to park the car.

We got down from the car and I follow his lead into the extremely crowded market “It’s so crowded” I yelled so he could hear me over the sound of people buying and selling

“It’s not half as crowded as it is on weekdays “Seung Gi said “You have to keep up or I might miss you”

I hurry to walk closer to him “Why not choose regular markets?” it was more convenient in regular markets and malls anyway”

“Things are more expensive there” he said

“You don’t have to worry about money” I showed him my mom’s card and he laughs

“I’m buying” he said and takes my hands I stop in my track and he turns to me “What”

“We are in public” I gesture at our linking hands

“So? Are you uncomfortable?” he asks and he release his hands, I tighten my grip

“No. I’m just surprised” I confessed.

Seung Gi smiles shyly “it is cold I need your hands to help me stay warm”

I laughed “I don’t know what possessed you to hold my hands in public but it should posses you more often”